The odds of winning Powerball and Mega Millions are not in your favor
The odds of winning the Mega Millions or Powerball jackpot are about 1 in 292 million. Here are the things you’re more likely to get for the big bucks.
Scott L. Hall, USA Today
Lucky woman in Virginia She found a winning $100,000 Powerball ticket while sorting through some old papers.
The 75-year-old woman from Springfield, Virginia, who asked to remain anonymous, claimed her prize on Wednesday at Maryland Lottery headquarters in Baltimore.
She bought the winning ticket at the Marlow Winghouse & Sports Grill in Temple Hills, Maryland, on July 19, when the Powerball jackpot was still growing and eventually ended in a $1.08 billion win by a single ticket holder in California.
After purchasing the ticket, she forgot to verify her win until two months later, while she was sifting through some papers.
“This is amazing,” she told the Virginia Lottery after rediscovering the ticket. “I’m just blessed.”
Although she needed help remembering the details of purchasing the ticket, she told the Maryland Lottery that she had chosen random numbers. Despite this, she matched four regular numbers and a Powerball number, winning the game’s third-tier prize of $50,000.
In addition to purchasing a Powerball ticket, she chose the Power Play, which doubled her prize to $100,000 when the 2X multiplier was drawn. The winning numbers for the July 19 Powerball drawing were 7, 10, 11, 13 and 24, and the Powerball number was 24.
She plans to deposit the winnings into her bank account and discuss with her family how to spend the prize money.
Identity of Powerball winners: The winner of a $70 million Powerball jackpot, who was forced to reveal her identity, is now a staunch advocate of anonymity.
Next Powerball
There were no winners for the $750 million Arsenal The jackpot was won on Saturday night, so the next drawing will be Monday with the $785 million jackpot.
If won, the jackpot would be the fourth-largest in the game’s history.
What is the biggest Powerball jackpot ever?
- $2.04 billion, Powerball, November. February 7, 2022: Won in California
- $1.586 billion in January October 13, 2016: Three winners in California, Florida and Tennessee.
- $1.080 billion, July 19, 2023: Won in California.
- $768.4 million, March 27, 2019: Won in Wisconsin.
- $758.7 million in August February 23, 2017: Won in Massachusetts.
- $754.6 million, February February 6, 2023: Won in Washington.
- $731.1 million, January. February 20, 2021: Won in Maryland.
- $699.8 million, October-February 4, 2021: Won in California.
- $687.8 million, October-February 27, 2018: Won in Iowa and New York.
- $632.6 million, January. February 5, 2022: Won in California and Wisconsin
